The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-12
The U. S. Supreme Court Refuses
to Interfere.
THE ANARCHISTS MUST THERE
FORE DIE.
Satisfaction With the Decision at Chi
cago-The Prisoners St0icai as
Eyer-Their Families, How
ever, in Terrible Distress.

lists this morning, and it was with
an evident feeling of suspense thai
the condemned men paced the cor
ridor when they took their morning
exercise. This feeling was no doubt
owing to the expectancy of G decis
ion from the United States supreme
court in their case, and the suspens,
in which they are until they receive
it. Despite the disquiet of theil
minds they all did their best to pre-
serve their outward demeanor
Lingg and Fischer looked as defiant
as ever, and Spies loses none of his
cynical expression as the fatal da,
approaches. Parsons does his best
to preserve his jollity. but this
morning his attempts at gaiety were
sorry ones, and it was evident from
his every act and general manner
that he, too, felt the gravity of the
situation, and that his spirits suffer
ed as deeply as any one of the others
from the Importance Of the message
which, in a few short hours. he ex.
pected to receive, fixing his fate, SC
far as the courts of the land can dc
it.
Fielden's contemplativeness was
given full swing, and nobody who
watched him could doubt for mo-
ment that the one subject he was
bordering in his mind was what the
decision of the highest court in the
land on his case would be. The
habitual deep set pallor of Schwab's
countenance was more marked than
ever before, and those who watched
him infinitely wondered in their own
minds if the executioner would an
ticipate by any very long period the
ordinary laws Of nature in consign-
ing him to the tomb. Engel has the
most stolid countenance in the lot,
but even his apparently sluggish
nature was considerably ruffied to-
day, and it was evident he was as
deeply interested as any of the 9th
ers in what the purport of the ex-
pected message would be.
AO'' AA1i itENfl ED The NEWS.
The first news of the adverse de-
cision of the supreme court in the
case of the Anarchists were taken to
the county Jail by an Associate Press
reporter few minutes after it had
been received from Washington.
Jailor Folsom was seated in his Of
flee, tipped back in his chair and
about to light his cigar. When the
reporter told him the news he de-
liberately struck a match, lit his
cigar and said: well, it is lust
what we expected" There were nc
visitors at the Jail to-day and all the
prisoners were in their cells when
the news arrived. A note was sent
up to spies, telling him that the
writ had been denied, and asking II
he had any statement to make in re
gard to the matter. Spies was sit
ting in his cell busily engaged with
some manuscript. He read the note.
returned it with a short, Il have
nothing to say" None of the other
men would say anything either.
Everything is perfectly quiet in and
around the Jail, and in fact all over
the whole city. The denial of the
writ was what was universally ex-
pected here.
QUALIFICATION OF THE OFFICIALS.
The police have all along thought
that the court would not interfere
and the general impression among
them is that the sentence will be
carried into effect November IL. I'll
they are to be hung ct ALL" said
Lieutenant Fitzpatrick, "they should
die on that day. The suspense of a
reprieve by Governor Oglesby would
have a bad effect and would not
only, to great extent, lessen the
moral example, but would entail adj
ditional suspense on the prisoners. .
That's So" said another police
official, there is no desire on the
part of the officers who have suffer
ed from the throwing of the bomb to
torture the murderers; they only
wish to see the law carried out"
Captain Buckley compressed his
lips when the news reached him at
the armory. So he said, .'the
supreme court has upheld the right
eous verdict and just decision of the
State supreme court. 1t is retribu-
ton for the murder of the officers
whose wives are now widows and
children orphans l trust and believe
the governor will not interfere.
POLICE PRECAUTIONS.
Within Is minutes after the verdict
was known, eight or ten officers in
citizens clothes appeared. Two OF
them stepped quietly into the jail
and the others disposed of them
selves in the criminal court building
and about the neighborhood. The
bailiff at the outer door .eading into
the Jail court says he is Instructed
to admit no one, but whether this
applies to the near relatives of the
death-sentonced men is not known.
The streets about the jail are per-
fectly quiet. No crowds have gath
cred and no incidents of any sort
have as yet occurred The police
are prepared for any emergency,
though they say the have no fear OF
an uprising or open violence.
ALL VISITORS EXCLUDED.
Without any previous intimation
rule rigidly debarring visitors from
the Jail was quickly put into force,
and no one was allowed to enter the
building during the afternoon ex-
cept officers, reporters and relatives
of the Anarchists. AS soon as the
news from Washington had gener-
ally circulated through the city there
was rush of miscellaneous people
to see the condemned men before it
was too late They entered the
sherif's office in droves, but the
latchstring had been withdrawn.
Loud and long we're their expostula-
tions, but the burly deputy who
guarded the way to the Jail yard was
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